Moksha language
| Moksha | |
|---|---|
| Mokshan | |
| мокшень кяль mokšəń käĺ | |
| Pronunciation | ['mɔkʃənʲ kælʲ] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | European Russia |
| Ethnicity | 253,000 Mokshas (2010 census) |
Native speakers | 23,000 (2020 census) |
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Mordovia (Russia) |
| Regulated by | Mordovian Research Institute of Language, Literature, History and Economics |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mdf |
| ISO 639-3 | mdf |
| Glottolog | moks1248 |
| ELP | Moksha |
Mordvin languages at the beginning of the 20th century | |
Moksha is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Moksha (мокшень кяль, mokšəń käĺ, pronounced ['mɔkʃənʲ kælʲ]) is a Mordvinic language of the Uralic family, spoken by Mokshas, with around 130,000 native speakers in 2010. Moksha is the majority language in the western part of Mordovia. Its closest relative is the Erzya language, with which it is not mutually intelligible. Moksha is also possibly closely related to the extinct Meshcherian and Muromian languages.